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Promoting HIV Self-testing Among MSM During COVID-19 Pandemic

Sponsor
Chinese University of Hong Kong (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05398835
Collaborator
(none)
400
Enrollment
1
Location
1
Arm
28
Anticipated Duration (Months)
14.3
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

A community-based organization (CBO) recruited Chinese-speaking men who have sex with men who are HIV-negative or unknown sero-status through multiple channels in Hong Kong, China.

Participants first complete a baseline telephone survey, and then receive the following health promotion components: 1) viewing an online video promoting HIVST, 2) visiting the project webpage containing demonstration video of how to use HIVST kits, information about local HIV epidemic and benefits of HIV testing and HIVST, and a discussion forum containing positive feedback of HIVST users, and 3) having access to a chargeable HIVST services implemented by the CBO.

All participants are invited to complete a follow-up telephone survey six months after completion of the baseline survey.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: Online interventions promoting HIV self-testing
 N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
400 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Health Services Research
Official Title:
An Online Intervention Promoting Home-based HIV Self-testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Actual Study Start Date :
Sep 1, 2020
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2022
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Intervention

Online interventions promoting home-based HIV self-testing

Behavioral: Online interventions promoting HIV self-testing
1) viewing an online video promoting HIVST, 2) visiting the project webpage containing demonstration video of how to use HIVST kits, information about local HIV epidemic and benefits of HIV testing and HIVST, and a discussion forum containing positive feedback of HIVST users, and 3) having access to a chargeable HIVST services implemented by the CBO

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. HIV testing [6 months]

    Uptake of any type of HIV testing

  2. HIV self-testing [6 months]

    Uptake of any type of home-based HIV self-testing

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:

  • Aged 18 years or above

  • Having access to internet

  • Anal intercourse with at least one man in the past six months

  • Willing to complete telephone follow-up survey at Month 6

Exclusion Criteria:
  • Self-reported to be HIV positive

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Centre for Health Behaviours Research, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong 666888

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Zixin Wang, Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05398835
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • KPF19HLF16
First Posted:
Jun 1, 2022
Last Update Posted:
Jun 1, 2022
Last Verified:
May 1, 2022
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by Zixin Wang, Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
HIV testing
HIV self-testing
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
COVID-19

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 1, 2022